Unsteady aerodynamics and wing kinematics effect in hovering insect flight

47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Liang, Zongxian ^a   Dong, Haibo ^a  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWNSTROKES; FLAPPING FLIGHT; FRUIT FLIES; INSECT FLIGHT; LEADING-EDGE VORTICES; UNSTEADY AERODYNAMICS; VORTEX TOPOLOGY; WAKE INTERACTIONS; WING KINEMATICS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; VORTEX FLOW; WAKES;

FLIGHT SIMULATORS;

EID: 78549266503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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